I was also taught to use 'sir' & 'mam'. You have no idea how much ribbing I took at our laid back high school where kids called the 'cool' teachers by their firstnames.

I think whenever you start trying to label people you get in trouble, because you might accidentally lump people together without actually getting to know them. I've met a LOT of really nice folks in the club!

I liked Lawrence Welk as a kid and I still like his reruns. I've been a rank amateur singer in choirs all my life and, to this day, can appreciate the difficulty of performing on stage and getting people to applaud your performance.

I wish I had Mr Welk's attitude; he made millions of people smile and he made millions of dollars in the process, the American way!

You may never be a Lawrence Welk type, but when we get to that age, the young folks may be referring to us as "those (insert here - Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Acid Rocker etc.) type and with the same inflection!. Don't forget, we will be "that generation" at some point if we are fortunate enough! I hope I make it.

Oh, oh, if we are going to start labeling folks I'm in great personal trouble.

What will I be labeled? Chubbier than I would like late fifties. Suddenly and disappointingly dependant on my wife and friends for transportation. Wish I had enough hair to look like it's gray. Like music - it doesn't matter by who or when it was made, I enjoy good music. I struggle with rap though (had to point that out). OMG, I sound like those people who are in their late seventies and eighties all of a sudden. I must admit I do look forward to my Blue Beret but only to see who lives nearby that may have joined.

I find it appealing that these folks have kept alive and for a long time nurtured the club so that it is still alive today for us to take on. Somewhere along the way some of them have had a disconnect with the younger generations who are coming on stream but that is only a time issue and as the clock ticks those issues disappear. Very few clubs have survived 50 plus years so these folks haven't done too bad a job. When the time comes those of this generation willing to take up the torch and evolve it to suit the new expectations of the majority of participating members will at least have a functioning, and for the most part vibrant, organization to remodel.

I do like the "kids" one only because I hope someone will think of me again that way.

Barry

__________________Barry & DonnaLife is short - so is the door on a '51 Flying Cloud (ouch)

I wasn't trying to group anyone who was just per say "older" I was trying to group the IBT, the Rulers etc.

I said " I thought it would fitting when referring to those WBCCI RULERS ."

Those rulers who are set in their ways.
Those rulers who run the club in military fashion
Those unit leaders that tell members their kids are too noisy, please don't return to the next event with them.
I can go on with this list....

I was at Perry, saw the process.

Those of you who didn't see it first hand IMO Ancients, describe the Rulers very well.

I think it time for a major change, I believe it will not happen on the path the ancients are on.

If new blood with new ideas don't get elected to run the Wbcci it be no longer.